BRUSSELS SCENE; MINISTERS' CARS ARRIVING; MINISTERS AND DELEGATIONS SEATED; FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER MAURICE SCHUMANN; DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER JOSEPH LUNS, COUNCIL PRESIDENT; ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ALTO MORO.




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Background: THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF ALL SIX MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMON MARKET ATTENDED A MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY'S COUNCIL OF MINISTERS IN BRUSSELS TODAY (15 SEPTEMBER) TO FIX A PLACE AND DATE FOR A COMMON MARKET SUMMIT AT WHICH THE APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP FROM BRITAIN, NORWAY, DENMARK, AND IRELAND WOULD BE CONSIDERED.

THE ONE-DAY SESSION WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A RESTRICTED SESSION WITHOUT COMMUNITY OFFICIALS.

DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER JOSEPH LUNS, WHO IS COUNCIL'S PRESIDENT, ANNOUNCED AFTERWARDS THAT THE HAGUE HAD BEEN DECIDED ON AS THE VENUE OF THE SUMMIT AND 17 AND 18 NOVEMBER THE DATE.

OTHER SUBJECTS DISCUSSED AT TODAY'S SESSION WERE COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH NON-ALIGNED NATIONS, PARTICULARLY EASTERN ONES, NEGOTIATIONS FOR A TRADE AGREEMENT WITH YUGOSLAVIA, AND THE DESIGNATION OF THE SIGNATORIES OF THE ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT WITH KENYA, UGANDA, AND TANZANIA THAT WILL BE SIGNED IN ARUSHA, TANZANIA, ON 24 AND 25 SEPTEMBER.